An important week for basketball fans as the euroleague starts (I hope without problems) after a period of about 7 months.
Although this season is see a lot and talk a little I will give some general predictions for how I think this year's event will go as well as for our 2 representatives Panathinaikos and Olympiakos.
To begin with, I believe that the first 4 places of the standings are captured by CSKA, Real, Barcelona, and Efes (random series) as they have kept their main body and have made some very quality additions. Milutinov, Singelia the Russians and Kalathis the Blaugrana.
From there on for the rest of the positions of the 8th, the first reason is Maccabi, which remains a stable force with a serious coach (Sfeiropoulos) and may be the only one who can challenge the first 4th.
Below is the Armani of many additions, the Khimki who strengthened a lot in the painting with Mickey and Monroe and the rising Zenit of Gazprom and Pascual together with the always predictable Lantern of Kokoskov have a good chance to be present in the playoffs.
Panathinaikos, Olympiakos, Baskonia and Valencia will fight to stand with dignity and maybe someone will manage to steal a place in the 8th if it exceeds its ceiling. Asvel, Zalgiris and the 2 German Alba and Bayern are the weakest in the league.
Let's see our teams in a little more detail and I will start with Panathinaikos which I consider to have the greatest room for improvement.
The post-Giannakopoulos era started anything but awkward as the first title of the year rolled towards Patras with Prometheus putting him in his luggage. The team is new, the superstar of the team Kalathis has left and the problem in the organization of the game is more than visible. The first target (Laprovitola) remained at Real and the Jacksons, Sand-Ross who came do not seem to be able to shoulder this role. (in the course we may see a greater participation of Bohoridis). Problem in all 5 as Papagiannis, in the absence of a good organizer, gets lost in the game, while August is a fighter, he has qualifications that match the organization but he wants something more that I believe is in his potential. There is also Vougioukas who can help with his experience. Elsewhere, no serious problems were reported. (If Nedovic stays healthy, Panathinaikos has one of the best 2 aces in the tournament)
Olympiacos is also a new team but with limited possibilities. There is no more fear in the racket as Martin and Ellis are fighters but they have neither the boy nor the experience of Milutinov. The pleasant thing for the team of Piraeus is the return of Sloukas who now at the age of 30 can lift the organizational part on his back and make his teammates better. The question is whether the 35-year-old Printezis can withstand as his performance is crucial in most games.
In summary, the Greek teams want work and are expected to have difficult nights in the Euroleague
Although this season is see a lot and talk a little I will give some general predictions for how I think this year's event will go as well as for our 2 representatives Panathinaikos and Olympiakos.
To begin with, I believe that the first 4 places of the standings are captured by CSKA, Real, Barcelona, and Efes (random series) as they have kept their main body and have made some very quality additions. Milutinov, Singelia the Russians and Kalathis the Blaugrana.
From there on for the rest of the positions of the 8th, the first reason is Maccabi, which remains a stable force with a serious coach (Sfeiropoulos) and may be the only one who can challenge the first 4th.
Below is the Armani of many additions, the Khimki who strengthened a lot in the painting with Mickey and Monroe and the rising Zenit of Gazprom and Pascual together with the always predictable Lantern of Kokoskov have a good chance to be present in the playoffs.
Panathinaikos, Olympiakos, Baskonia and Valencia will fight to stand with dignity and maybe someone will manage to steal a place in the 8th if it exceeds its ceiling. Asvel, Zalgiris and the 2 German Alba and Bayern are the weakest in the league.
Let's see our teams in a little more detail and I will start with Panathinaikos which I consider to have the greatest room for improvement.
The post-Giannakopoulos era started anything but awkward as the first title of the year rolled towards Patras with Prometheus putting him in his luggage. The team is new, the superstar of the team Kalathis has left and the problem in the organization of the game is more than visible. The first target (Laprovitola) remained at Real and the Jacksons, Sand-Ross who came do not seem to be able to shoulder this role. (in the course we may see a greater participation of Bohoridis). Problem in all 5 as Papagiannis, in the absence of a good organizer, gets lost in the game, while August is a fighter, he has qualifications that match the organization but he wants something more that I believe is in his potential. There is also Vougioukas who can help with his experience. Elsewhere, no serious problems were reported. (If Nedovic stays healthy, Panathinaikos has one of the best 2 aces in the tournament)
Olympiacos is also a new team but with limited possibilities. There is no more fear in the racket as Martin and Ellis are fighters but they have neither the boy nor the experience of Milutinov. The pleasant thing for the team of Piraeus is the return of Sloukas who now at the age of 30 can lift the organizational part on his back and make his teammates better. The question is whether the 35-year-old Printezis can withstand as his performance is crucial in most games.
In summary, the Greek teams want work and are expected to have difficult nights in the Euroleague
